exile

noun
🔊/ˈeksaɪl/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪl/
🔊/ˈeksaɪl/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪl/
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  1. [uncountable, singular] the state of being sent to live in another country that is not your own, especially for political reasons or as a punishment流放;流亡;放逐
    • a place of exile流放地
    • He returned after 40 years of exile.他流放 40 年后归来。🔊🔊
    • in exile He has lived in exile since 1989.自1989年以来,他一直流亡。
    • into exile The whole family went into exile.全家流亡。
    • to be forced/sent into exile 被流放
    • in exile from… Dante died in exile from Florence.但丁在离开佛罗伦萨的流放中去世。
    Extra Examples
    • He still hopes to return from exile one day.他仍希望有一天可以结束流亡回国。
    • He went into exile after the overthrow of the government.政府被推翻后他流亡国外。
    • They are in tax exile from the UK.他们离开英国到国外避税。
    • They joined the many other Armenians living in exile.他们加入到过着流亡生活的许多其他亚美尼亚人当中。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1, Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • permanent
    • enforced
    verb + exile
    • be driven into
    • be forced into
    • be sent into
    preposition
    • in exile
    • exile from
    • exile to
    phrases
    • a place of exile
    • somebody’s return from exile
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  2. [countable] a person who chooses, or is forced, to live away from his or her own country流亡国外者;被流放者;离乡背井者
    • political exiles政治流亡者
    see also tax exileTopics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • political
    • tax
    • returning
    exile + verb
    • live
    • return
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  3. Word OriginMiddle English: the noun partly from Old French exil ‘banishment’ and partly from Old French exile ‘banished person’; the verb from Old French exiler; all based on Latin exilium ‘banishment’, from exul ‘banished person’.

exile

verb
🔊/ˈeksaɪl/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪl/
🔊/ˈeksaɪl/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪl/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they exile
🔊/ˈeksaɪl/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪl/
🔊/ˈeksaɪl/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪl/
he / she / it exiles
🔊/ˈeksaɪlz/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪlz/
🔊/ˈeksaɪlz/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪlz/
past simple exiled
🔊/ˈeksaɪld/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪld/
🔊/ˈeksaɪld/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪld/
past participle exiled
🔊/ˈeksaɪld/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪld/
🔊/ˈeksaɪld/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪld/
-ing form exiling
🔊/ˈeksaɪlɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈeksaɪlɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈeɡzaɪlɪŋ/
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  1. to force somebody to leave their country, especially for political reasons or as a punishment; to send somebody into exile流放;放逐
    • be exiled (from…) (to…) He was exiled to Siberia.他被流放到西伯利亚。
    • the party’s exiled leaders该党的流亡领袖
    Extra Examples
    • He was effectively exiled after a failed bid for power.权力争夺失败后,他事实上被放逐了。
    • He was exiled for his beliefs.他因信仰而遭到流放。
    • The family was exiled from France.全家被流放,离开了法国。
    • The government decided to exile him to the colonies.政府决定将他流放到殖民地。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • permanently
    • temporarily
    • effectively
    preposition
    • for
    • from
    • to
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    Word OriginMiddle English: the noun partly from Old French exil ‘banishment’ and partly from Old French exile ‘banished person’; the verb from Old French exiler; all based on Latin exilium ‘banishment’, from exul ‘banished person’.